First Round of Presenters Announced for the 95th Oscar® Awards Celebration!

The biggest night for actors and actresses is just 10 days away and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced the first round of presenters.

The 95th Oscar®Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and air LIVE (with a delay just in case) on Sunday March 12th! Some of the actors and actresses presenting this year are Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Questlove, Zoe Saldaña and Donnie Yen will present at the 95th Oscars®, executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner and executive producer Molly McNearney announced today.

The Oscar®-nominated song “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” will be performed as well. “Naatu Naatu,” with music by M.M. Keeravaani and lyric by Chandrabose, is nominated for Original Song. Singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava will make their Oscars debut performing the song. This song will be just one of the songs nominated for this category to be performed live. Rihanna will perform "Lift Me Up" from the "Black Panther II: Wakanda Forever" soundtrack.

The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.